Re: Blue Bulb

[Rich Weyand <weyand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:52 PM 11/23/99 +0000, Jim Gillespie wrote:
>         At all times?  You're not at all selective?  I use main beam when I
>think that it will aid conspicuity without dazzling anyone, for example
>while filtering [lane splitting] when I'm only in someone's mirror for a
>matter of seconds.  Taking a counter example, the VFR rider who followed
>me in heavy traffic for twenty minutes with his main beam on did *not*
>amuse me and might have engendered road rage in a less calm individual.

I think we just got back to a gun thread....   ;-)

As for blue bulbs, the human eye has a very difficult time focusing blue.  The eye tends to focus in and out, 'seeking' the correct focus, leading to eyestrain.  This effect is well documented and understood.  I give seminars on doing close detail work, and the biggest recommendation is lots of incandescent or warm-white fluorescent lights, not cool-white (blue) fluorescent lights.

As for high beams, I drive with the low beams on, and flash or hold my high beams on when approaching intersections with cagers-in-waiting, such as those holding to make a left across my path.  The overtaking switch at the left forefinger is a wonderful device and I use it like a weapon trigger at cagers.


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